A LINDSAY & CO

🏛️Establishedactive
SC623442 · private-unlimited · incorporated 2019-03-06
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2020
Net worth
£-20.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01420
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £20,171

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£217k
Net Worth
-£20k
Current Assets
£947k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2020-05-31
Total assets£82.1k
Current assets£946.6k
Cash£217.3k
Debtors£9.1k
Net assets£-20.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-05-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-05-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-05-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-08-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-10-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-10-03
    ➕
    LINDSAY, Angus William appointed
    director
  8. 2020-10-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-22
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2019-03-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A LINDSAY & CO
  11. 2019-03-06
    ➕
    LINDSAY, Margaret Lamont appointed
    director
  12. 2019-03-06
    ➕
    LINDSAY, William Alexander appointed
    director
  13. 2019-03-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LINDSAY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Angus William Lindsay
Individual · British · DOB 03/1994 · age 32
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting22/08/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr William Alexander Lindsayceased 18/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Margaret Lamont Lindsayceased 18/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated2019-03-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01420 — SIC 01420

Registered office

Culnaightrie
Auchencairn
Castle Douglas
DG7 1RE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2020-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-16
Last: 2025-05-02

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LINDSAY, Angus William→
director · ~32y · appointed 2022-10-03
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Active
LINDSAY, Margaret Lamont→
director · ~64y · appointed 2019-03-06
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Active
LINDSAY, William Alexander→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-03-06
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Active

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Recent filings (16 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-17